GUY: WVTM 13’S LARISSA SCOTT SPENT THE DAY VERIFYING WITH EXPERTS WHAT’S TRUE, AND WHAT’S NOT. >> WE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON MONDAY, AND THEY SAID THAT HER RASH WAS VERY SUSPICIOUS. LARISSA: AT FIRST, DOCTORS THOUGHT AUDREY PEINE’S FIVE-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER, EMMA, MIGHT HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO TAMIFLU, BUT AFTER HEARING SHE HAD SYMPTOMS OF A RUNNY NOSE, FEVER, AND RASH, DOCTORS WANTED TO TEST THE BABY FOR MEASLES. >> THEY HAD US GO COME IN THE SIDE DOOR, NOT TO GO TO THE WAITING ROOM. LARISSA: TO AVOID PASSING IT ON TO OTHER PEOPLE AT HER PELL CITY DOCTOR’S OFFICE IF EMMA DID HAVE THE VIRUS. DOCTORS SENT PEINE AND EMMA HOME AS THEY WAIT FOR THE TEST RESULTS. >> JUST TRY AND KEEP HER FEVER DOWN. WE GAVE HER TYLENOL AND MOTRIN TO TRY TO KEEP HER FEVER DOWN -- AND THAT WAS THE ONLY THING WE COULD REALLY DO. LARISSA: PEINE SHARED THIS INFORMATION ON A FACEBOOK POST, WHERE ANOTHER PERSON CLAIMED THERE WAS ALREADY A CONFIRMED MEASLES CASE IN PELL CITY. WE CONTACTED THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THAT’S TRUE. OFFICIALS TELL US CURRENTLY THERE ARE 32 OPEN CASES OF MEASLES INVESTIGATIONS IN ALABAMA, BUT AT THIS POINT, NONE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED, AND THE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE THE FIRST TO KNOW IF THAT CHANGES. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SQUASHED WHAT IT SAYS IS A FALSE SOCIAL MEDIA RUMOR, AND THE POST HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN DOWN. BUT, IT CAUSED A LOT OF WORRY, AND HAS MOMS LIKE PEINE LOOKING FOR ALL SYMPTOMS THAT COULD BE MEASLES RELATED. >> SHE HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET VACCINATED YET, SO IT’S REALLY SCARY HAVING A SMALL BABY WHO YOU KNOW CAN’T HAVE THE VACCINE YET. LARISSA: AND SHE WON’T HAVE PEACE OF MIND UNTIL EMMA’S TEST RESULTS COME BACK. IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY, LARISSA SCOTT, WVTM 13 N

A Pell City baby has tested positive for measles, the child's mother tells WVTM 13's Larissa Scott.The 5-month-old is the first confirmed case in Alabama. Prior to being tested on Monday, the child had a fever, runny nose and a rash. The child was too young to be vaccinated.Alabama health officials held a news conference to announce the confirmed measles case and urge people to check their immunization status. Watch the presser on Facebook or Twitter.According to the health department, from the time that a person is exposed to measles, it can take 7-21 days for signs and symptoms to occur with an average of 10-14 days. People are contagious from four days before the rash develops until four days after. Look for more updates here and on WVTM 13 News. Grab the WVTM 13 News app and follow this developing story.MEASLES NEWS:ADPH investigating reports of possible measlesMeasles Q&APossible exposures in AlabamaAlabama doctors preparing for possible measles casesHere's why people born before 1989 may need another dose of the measles vaccineHow to find out if you're immune to measles

The 5-month-old is the first confirmed case in Alabama. Prior to being tested on Monday, the child had a fever, runny nose and a rash. The child was too young to be vaccinated.

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Alabama health officials held a news conference to announce the confirmed measles case and urge people to check their immunization status. Watch the presser on Facebook or Twitter.

BREAKING: Alabama Department of Public Health says there is now a confirmed case of measles in a baby. The mother of the baby tells me she had symptoms of a runny nose, fever, and rash. She says they went to the doctor on Monday. @WVTM13pic.twitter.com/QXrLcJCTEE

According to the health department, from the time that a person is exposed to measles, it can take 7-21 days for signs and symptoms to occur with an average of 10-14 days. People are contagious from four days before the rash develops until four days after.